Episode 66: Pip's Prague Adventure
Whisky Talk
English - December 04, 2023 12:00 - 20 minutes - 27.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsFood Arts Society & Culture Places & Travel smws single malt whisky scotch Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The vintage Lagonda belonging to Society founder Pip Hills played an instrumental part in our whisky club’s foundation, carrying the first precious cargo of single casks from Speyside back to his Scotland Street home in Edinburgh to share with friends. In 1990, Pip Hills and his brother-in-law Dick Pountain decided to take a road trip to Prague in the Lagonda, to witness Václav Havel’s inauguration as president of the Czech Republic. The magazine The Classic Motoring Review subsequently commissioned Pip and Dick to write a piece about the journey – and how Society whisky helped to make it a success. We asked Pip and Dick to tell us that story in their own words.